Alliance Select Food International, based in the Philippines, published its first-quarter figures of 2019 on May 17, reporting a net loss of USD 100,000. In 2018, the total profit was USD...
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Largest Chinese Tuna Boat Owner Buys New Seiner
On May 13, Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International signed a contract for the purchase of a new purse seiner for USD 23.6 million. A shipbuilder from Zhoushan from...
Thai Union Stock Falls Affected By Lawsuit Or Spin-Off News?
Thai Union Group has announced it is considering launching its subsidiary, Thai Union Feedmill Co., as a separate spin-off on the Thai stock exchange. The news arrived on the same day as their...
EU Alerts – High Histamine After Passing Through 3 Nations
In April, three tuna-related alerts were reported by Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) by the EU. On April 24, French authorities detected 1,344 mg/kg - ppm histamine in...
Dolphin-Safe Class Action Focuses On Longline Albacore
More information surfaced on Monday regarding the consumer class action suit that was brought against the Big Three in the US, which alleges that their tuna is caught with...
Ecuador Secures Zero Duty In Case Of A Brexit
Ecuador has signed a new trade agreement with the UK that allows 95% of Ecuadorian products including tuna to arrive in the country without import duties. This is at the...
Attached Tuna Cams Show Bluefin Swimming Methods
New research into the schooling behavior and group dynamics of Atlantic bluefin conducted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada shows that bluefin practice different...
Vietnam Reaped Slight Benefit From US-China Trade War In Q4 2018
The latest trade data shows that the Vietnamese tuna industry benefited slightly from the tariffs that the Trump administration imposed on US imports of Chinese tuna products. After a...
Saupiquet Declares Traceability Tuna For Consumers
Canned tuna brand, Saupiquet, has promised to not only have controlled traceability of its tuna but that the fish is 100 percent caught by French boats. The company launched the natural...
Mexican Fleet Reports Improved Catches During 2-Month Trip
Tuna seiner, Manzanillo, arrived at its namesake port after sailing two months in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Last weekend, the vessel owned by Grupomar, arrived in the...
Maldives Leading Tuna Processors Victims Of Theft
The recent high-scale thefts from tuna processing companies, which took place in the Maldivian Malé region have reached a value of MVR 5 million (USD 325,000). Tuna...
New Research Provides More Insights On Tongol Tuna
Complete information on Tongol is often still lacking within most Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMO). According to a newly published study, researchers have now learned...
TunaCons Reports Hitting Goals On FAD Management
The Ecuadorian tuna industry says it has met several sustainable commitment milestones for the conservation of this fish. The second largest exporter of tuna in the world...
Big Three Accused Of Misleading Dolphin-Safe Claims
Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea, and Starkist are being sued by US tuna consumers in a class action suit for allegedly misleading their customers by stating that their tuna...
Emerging Monopoly On Tin Plate For Canning Blocked By EU?
The merger between Tata Steel and ThyssenKrupp will probably be blocked by the EU commission. The joint venture – creating EU's second-largest steel producer – could harm the competition and...
Brazil Stops Issuance Of Tuna Fishing Licenses
The Secretariat of Aquaculture and Fisheries (SAP) has suspended issuing fishing licenses for any tuna fishing method in Brazil, except for FAD fishing. All vessel owners...
Fiji Wants To Force Landing Catches To Protect Domestic Processing
The government of Fiji has introduced a levy on albacore tuna for longliners fishing in Fiji waters, in order to force them to sell their catch to the domestic tuna...
India Launching More Yellowfin Longliners In IO
Another four longliners will be released by Cochin Shipyard Ltd. in India within the next two weeks. The company already launched four vessels in February 2019. The Indian...
More Yellowfin Spotted In Gulf Of Mexico
In the first two months of 2019, more yellowfin from the Gulf of Mexico has landed in Mexican ports than in the same period last year. This is seen as a positive sign for the coming tuna...
Increased Production Of “Tunagu” Closed-Cycle Bluefin Tuna
Well-known Japanese seafood business, Kyokuyo Co., will be increasing its production of closed-cycle Bluefin tuna. The company is planning to expand its current production of 150 M/T of...
